Celebrate our tenth anniversary with the biggest issue we’ve ever made. FLOOD 13 is deluxe, 252-page commemorative edition—a collectible, coffee-table-style volume in a 12″ x 12″ format—packed with dynamic graphic design, stunning photography and artwork, and dozens of amazing artists representing the past, present, and future of FLOOD’s editorial spectrum, while also looking back at key moments and events in our history. Inside, you’ll find in-depth cover stories on Gorillaz and Magdalena Bay, plus interviews with Mac DeMarco, Lord Huron, Wolf Alice, Norman Reedus, The Zombies, Nation of Language, Bootsy Collins, Fred Armisen, Jazz Is Dead, Automatic, Rocket, and many more.
Cut Worms, Transmitter
Produced by Jeff Tweedy, Max Clarke’s fourth album tampers down the luster of past records, grounding aspects of the indie-folk songwriter’s music that once seemed impossibly pristine.
Kim Gordon, Play Me
Fully embracing the trashy SoundCloud-era internet aesthetic as she raps, sings, and shreds over industrial clatter, this is the sound of an artist who’s still inspired by the cutting edge at 72.
The Notwist, News From Planet Zombie
This folksy, brassy new iteration of the German trio excels at melodies that yearn and churn with melancholy—yet still manages something celebratory.
FLOOD Staff
Our recommendations from turkey month.
We asked Charly Bliss, Best Coast, Grouplove, Local Natives, and more to tell us the records they loved most this decade.
Angel Olsen at Levitation in Austin, TX. November 7, 2019. Photo by Daniel Cavazos
Angel Olsen, The Flaming Lips, Chelsea Wolfe, Dinosaur Jr., and more brought their psychedelic sounds to Austin this past weekend.
Here’s what’s good.
Electrifying sets from Thom Yorke, Kali Uchis, King Princess, and more.
Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 2019 by David Iskra
Featuring sets from Emmylou Harris, Fantastic Negrito, Robert Plant, and more.
Recent stuff you should get into.
New York’s fab-est five hit the Doheny State Beach stage with a special appearance by Eddie Vedder.
She was one of the headliners at this year’s Dana Point, CA coastal fest.
Wanna see the electropop icons IRL? Of course you do.
In addition to cuts from their classic 1998 album, the Bristol trip-hop duo surprised their audience with plenty of covers.
The band celebrated the twentieth anniversary of “S&M” in SF this weekend.
A round-up of what we’ve been digging lately.
Featuring stories on Carly Rae Jepsen, Jamila Woods, Jónsi of Sigur Rós, and Helado Negro.
We spent two days with The Marías behind the scenes of the annual San Francisco festival.
Clementine Creevy and the band frolic behind the scenes of the annual San Francisco festival.
People actually showed wtf
The rising LA indie band provides a glimpse behind the scenes at the annual San Francisco festival.
Childish Gambino
Record crowds descended upon the San Francisco festival also featuring Kacey Musgraves, Wallows, Anderson .Paak & the Free Nationals, Better Oblivion Community Center, and more.
The Helsinki music fest saw Solange, Blood Orange, Mitski, Father John Misty, and more take the stage.
Kacey Musgraves
Featuring Kacey Musgraves, Mitski, Tenacious D, and Shaq as DJ Diesel.
